Fire can help people in many ways． But it can also be very harmful (有害的)． Fire can keep your house  1  , give light and cook food ． But fire can burn things  2  ．Big fire can burn ,trees ,houses , animals or people ．

Nobody knows how people began to use fire ．But there are  3  ．interesting old stories about how a man or woman started a fire ．One is  4  a man ． The man  5  a very long time ago ． He went up the sun and  6  fire down．

Today people know how to make a fire with matches(火柴)． Children sometimes  7  to play with them ． But matches can be very dangerous． One match can burn a piece of paper． And  8   it could burn a house． A small fire can turn a big fire． very quickly． So you    9  be careful with matches．

Be careful with fire , and it will  10  you ．But if you aren’t careful with fire ． and it may hurt you．

1．A． warm 　　B． warmer 　　 C． cool 　　　　D． cooler

2．A． also 　　　B． too 　　　　C． either 　　　D．neither

3．A． many 　　B． much 　　　 C． little　 　　 D． no

4．A． over 　　 B． about 　　　 C． a little 　　 D． no

5．A． worked 　B． studied 　　　C．learned 　　 D． lived

6．A． bring　　 B． take 　　　　C． brought 　　D． took

7．A． enjoy 　　B． like 　　　　C．don‘t like 　　D． become

8．A． after 　　B． late 　　　　 C． yet 　　　 D．then

9．A ．can 　　 B． man 　　　　 C． will 　　　　D． must

10．A． help 　　B． do 　　　　　C． tell 　　　　D． hope

Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also be very harmful. Fire can make water hot and house warm, give light and cook food. But fire can burn (燃燒) things, too. It can make trees, houses, animals and other things catch fire (起火). If some people can't run away from fire, it can kill them. This happens in every country every year.
Sometimes big fire can burn forests. A month ago, a large forest fire broke out in Yunnan Province. It lasted nearly half a month. The forest in Heilongjiang Province and the grassland in Inner Mongolia caught fire in May, 2006. After more than ten days' fight, over 30,000 people and soldiers put out (撲滅) the fire at last.
Nobody knows clearly when people began to make fire, but there are many interesting stories about the first time a man or a woman started a fire. One story from Australia tells about a man who went to the sun and brought fire down a long time ago. Today people know how to make a fire with matches (火柴). Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. The match can burn a piece of paper and then it can burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire, and destroy many things. Fire kills many people every year. So you must be careful with fire.
【小題1】The main idea of the passage is that _________.

Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also be very harmful. Fire can make water hot and house warm, give light and cook food. But fire can burn (燃燒) things, too. It can make trees, houses, animals and other things catch fire (起火). If some people can't run away from fire, it can kill them. This happens in every country every year.

Sometimes big fire can burn forests. A month ago, a large forest fire broke out in Yunnan Province. It lasted nearly half a month. The forest in Heilongjiang Province and the grassland in Inner Mongolia caught fire in May, 2006. After more than ten days' fight, over 30,000 people and soldiers put out (撲滅) the fire at last.

Nobody knows clearly when people began to make fire, but there are many interesting stories about the first time a man or a woman started a fire. One story from Australia tells about a man who went to the sun and brought fire down a long time ago. Today people know how to make a fire with matches (火柴). Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. The match can burn a piece of paper and then it can burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire, and destroy many things. Fire kills many people every year. So you must be careful with fire.

1.The main idea of the passage is that _________.

2.Matches can be dangerous because _________.

3.The word “destroy” in the passage means ________in Chinese.

4.The writer of the passage wants to tell us that ________.

閱讀理解

Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also be very harmful. Fire can make water hot and houses warm, give light and cook food. But fire can burn things, too. It can make trees, houses, animals and other things catch fire. If some people can't run away from fire, it can kill them. This happens in every country. Sometimes a big fire can burn forests and destroy many tall buildings. Nobody knows clearly when people began to make a fire, but there are many interesting stories about the first time a man or a woman started a fire. One story from Australia tells about a man a long time ago. He went up to the sun and brought fire down. Today people know how to make a fire with matches. Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. The match can burn a piece of paper and then it can burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire. Fire kills many people every year. So we must be careful with fire.

1．The text mainly tells us ________.

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2．The word “destroy” in the text means ________ in Chinese.

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3．Matches can be dangerous because ________.

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A．they always burn a house

B．they can make things catch fire

C．they can burn a piece of paper

D．they kill many animals every year

4．Now people know fire can be ________.

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5．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．Fire can make houses warm and cook food.

B．Fire can be harmful.

C．Fire can burn a house and kill people.

D．We know when man began to make a fire.

Cloze test.

　　Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also be very harmful（有害的）.Fire can keep your house 1 , give light and cook food. 2 fire can burn things, too. Big fire can burn trees, houses, animals or people.

　　Nobody knows how people began to use fire. But there are many interesting old 3 about how a man or woman 4 a fire. One is about a man. The man 5 a very long time ago. He went up to the sun and 6 fire down.

　　Today people know how to make a fire with matches. Children sometimes 7 to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. One match can burn a piece of paper, and then it could burn a house. A small fire can 8 a big fire very quickly. So you must be careful with matches.

　　Be careful with fire, and it will 9 you. But if you aren't careful with fire, it may 10 you.

　　Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also be very harmful（有害的）. Fire can keep your house 1 , give light and cook food. But fire can burn things, 2 .Big fire can burn trees, houses, animals or people.

　　Today people know how to make a fire with matches（火柴）. Children sometimes 7 to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. One match can burn a piece of paper, and 8 it could burn a house. A small fire can turn a big fire very quickly. So you 9 be careful with matches.

Fire can help people in many ways. But can also be very harmful. Fire can heat water warm your houses, give light, and cook food. But fire can burn things too. It can burn trees, houses, animals, or people. Sometimes big fires can burn forests.
Nobody knows for sure how people began to use fire. But there are many interesting, old stories about the first time a man or woman started a fire. One story from Australia tells about a man very, very long time ago. He went up to the sun by a rope and brought fire down.
Today people know how to make a fire with matches. Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. One match can burn a piece of paper, and then it might burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire very fast.
Fires kill many people every year. So you must be careful with matches. You should also learn to put out fires. Fires need oxygen. Without oxygen they die. There is oxygen in the air. Cover a fire with water, sand, or in an emergency, with your coat or something else. This keeps the air away from a fire and kills it.
Be careful with fire, and it will help you. Be careless with fire, and it will burn you. 
【小題1】Which is true?